The captain of the France team does not participate in the pre-match session on Saturday in Bordeaux. Didier Deschamps should start Camavinga, Dembélé and Giroud in particular on Sunday.
Special envoy to Bordeaux
During the pre-France-Canada session on Saturday in Bordeaux, Kylian Mbappé was absent on the pitch. The French team staff say that the captain will carry out an individualized session in the locker room, and that he will be spared, which does not, at present, call into question his participation in the match on Sunday evening.
N’Golo Kanté, arriving late on the field, was one of the eight Blues drawn by the AFLD for an anti-doping test. For the rest, Adrien Rabiot and Aurelien Tchouameni, as announced by Didier Deschamps, did not participate in the session. The Juventus Turin midfielder performed laps around the field without touching the ball. He will not play tomorrow evening on Gironde soil.
A Thuram-Giroud-Dembélé attack… if Mbappé’s absence is confirmed?
As for the pre-match setup, Didier Deschamps placed this team with chasuble: Maignan – Koundé, Upamecano, Konaté, Hernandez – Griezmann, Kanté, Camavinga – Dembélé, Giroud, Thuram. The lessons to be learned concern the presence of the Bayern Munich defender, recovered from his small physical problem in the left adductor. In the middle, for Eduardo Camavinga should be tested against Canada. Up front, in the absence of Mbappé, a Thuram-Giroud-Dembélé attack was aligned. It remains to be seen whether the captain’s return to the starting lineup will push Thuram or Giroud to the bench. Response Sunday evening, 9:15 p.m.
The probable eleven of the Blues
Maignan – Koundé, Upamecano, Konaté, Hernandez – Griezmann, Kanté, Camavinga – Dembélé, Giroud, Thuram (or Mbappé)
